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Borstal market report ME1, Rochester
The ME1 (Borstal) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 18,183 sales registered with HM Land Registry in ME1 (Rochester) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.
Sales data to August 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: the 2026 median for ME1 (Rochester) is £305,000, from 195 registered sales, up 8% on five years earlier; the mean is £323,300, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,870 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 18,183 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
The postcode district ME1 covering Rochester, Borstal, Burham sits in Rochester. A district is the workhorse unit for reading a market: local enough to be meaningful, busy enough that the medians rest on a steady flow of sales.
Where ME1 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
ME1 sold prices: where the market stands
The 2026 median for ME1 is £305,000, taken from 195 registered sales. The mean, which is what most sites call the "average house price", is £323,300, modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.
ME1 prices by floor area
By floor space, homes in ME1 have sold for about £3,870 per square metre on average over the last five years: the like-for-like measure that lets you compare a small flat with a large house, from the Energy Performance Certificate floor areas behind each sale.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving ME1 7% above the national figure.
A typical ME1 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
Two lines: the median in the money of its day, and the same years restated by ONS CPIH into today's money, which is the truer test of getting dearer. Hover for exact figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £305,000 | £305,000 | 195 |
| 2025 | £308,000 | £315,365 | 494 |
| 2024 | £310,000 | £329,594 | 427 |
| 2023 | £315,000 | £346,108 | 479 |
| 2022 | £308,000 | £361,165 | 685 |
| 2021 | £282,200 | £357,302 | 826 |
| 2020 | £285,000 | £369,793 | 535 |
| 2019 | £275,000 | £360,459 | 603 |
| 2018 | £255,500 | £340,586 | 538 |
| 2017 | £250,000 | £340,975 | 517 |
| 2016 | £230,000 | £321,772 | 481 |
| 2015 | £188,000 | £265,644 | 526 |
| 2014 | £174,000 | £246,849 | 569 |
| 2013 | £165,000 | £237,419 | 463 |
| 2012 | £159,000 | £234,028 | 423 |
| 2011 | £159,500 | £240,784 | 390 |
| 2010 | £153,000 | £239,943 | 331 |
| 2009 | £142,500 | £229,070 | 364 |
| 2008 | £155,000 | £254,078 | 428 |
| 2007 | £163,000 | £276,493 | 726 |
| 2006 | £150,000 | £260,381 | 795 |
| 2005 | £146,500 | £260,711 | 597 |
| 2004 | £143,200 | £260,079 | 784 |
| 2003 | £130,000 | £239,492 | 744 |
| 2002 | £113,000 | £212,609 | 857 |
| 2001 | £87,000 | £167,253 | 817 |
| 2000 | £79,000 | £155,038 | 776 |
| 1999 | £69,000 | £137,513 | 762 |
| 1998 | £57,500 | £116,068 | 546 |
| 1997 | £57,000 | £116,896 | 607 |
| 1996 | £50,000 | £105,448 | 505 |
| 1995 | £47,500 | £103,258 | 393 |
In cash terms the typical ME1 home went from £47,500 in 1995 to £305,000 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 195%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. The real-terms peak came in 2020, and today's median remains roughly 18% under it: a 2020 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the ME1 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2002 (+29.9% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−8.1%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of terraced homes dominate the record here, 44% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £520,000 against £181,200 for a flat, 2.9 times the price.
Median by property type, ME1
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £520,000 | 18 | 1,775 |
| Semi-detached | £340,000 | 53 | 4,231 |
| Terraced | £300,000 | 80 | 8,083 |
| Flats | £181,200 | 44 | 4,094 |
What ME1 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | −1.0% | −3.3% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.6% | −3.1% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +1.1% | −3.2% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +2.9% | −0.5% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.6% | +0.8% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
Sales activity in ME1
How many homes change hands
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
Month by month, five years back
Registrations by month. The repeating sawtooth is seasonality, and the right-hand edge always dips because the register lags completions.
Over the last twelve months of data, 358 sales completed in ME1. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 762 sales a year before the financial crisis and 456 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.
What homes rent for around ME1
For renting purposes ME1 sits in Medway. The ONS average private rent there is £1,238 a month (May 2026). The spread runs from £900 a month for a typical one-bed to £1,835 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Medway
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £305,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,238 a month (£14,856 a year) works out at a 4.9% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
What people ask about ME1 (Borstal)
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What happens to ME1 prices now?
Prediction is not this page's business. Its business is the record, which says: the median is up 8% over five years in cash but down 15% after inflation. Read the volume chart with the price chart before acting on either, remembering that registrations trail the deals themselves by weeks.
What is for sale in ME1 right now
Everything above is what homes in ME1 sold for. Turning to what is actually available: 14 homes on the market right now, from 3 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 3% below the ME1 median sold price.
At the pace of the last twelve months' registered sales (358 in ME1), the 14 homes listed here amount to about 2 weeks of supply. Not every agent publishes to HomesIndex, so the true figure is higher. Supply that short favours the seller; a sensibly priced home here does not sit for long.
14% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.
See every ME1 home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
The ME1 sales calendar
Take the 2,911 ME1 sales dated 2021 to 2025 and sort them by month: September completions lead with 11.5% of the total, April trails with 6.1%. The gap between the two is wide enough to plan around: completion follows the agreed sale by weeks, so the busiest month for completions points to deals done earlier, and a seller wanting several bidders should list ahead of it.
Sales by month, 2021 to 2025
| Month | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 230 | 7.9% |
| February | 264 | 9.1% |
| March | 287 | 9.9% |
| April | 177 | 6.1% |
| May | 204 | 7.0% |
| June | 285 | 9.8% |
| July | 229 | 7.9% |
| August | 228 | 7.8% |
| September | 334 | 11.5% |
| October | 237 | 8.1% |
| November | 220 | 7.6% |
| December | 216 | 7.4% |
Bedroom by bedroom: ME prices by size
What homes of each size actually sold for across the ME area, from the Land Registry record. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £322,000 | £360,000 (+12%) | £425,000 (+18%) | £510,000 (+20%) | £600,000 (+18%) |
| Semi-detached | £275,000 | £310,000 (+13%) | £355,000 (+15%) | £425,000 (+20%) | £525,500 (+24%) |
| Terraced | £221,250 | £263,580 (+19%) | £285,000 (+8%) | £350,000 (+23%) | £430,000 (+23%) |
| Flat | £158,000 | £200,000 (+27%) | £260,000 (+30%) | £332,500 (+28%) | £399,950 (+20%) |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
ME1 ranks 7 of 20 in the ME area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
Five-year change in the median, ME area districts
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Inside ME1, sector by sector
Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets with its own market report. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.
How ME1 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the ME area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| ME18 | £466,200 | -4% |
| ME19 | £440,000 | +1% |
| ME17 | £380,000 | +1% |
| ME20 | £375,000 | +15% |
| ME3 | £370,000 | +6% |
| ME9 | £350,000 | +3% |
| ME16 | £345,000 | +5% |
| ME15 | £335,000 | +3% |
| ME8 | £330,000 | +8% |
| ME14 | £330,000 | -1% |
| ME2 | £325,000 | +14% |
| ME13 | £325,000 | -8% |
| ME5 | £307,500 | +12% |
| ME1 (this report) | £305,000 | +8% |
| ME6 | £292,000 | +2% |
| ME10 | £290,000 | +13% |
| ME12 | £285,000 | +6% |
| ME7 | £270,000 | +10% |
| ME11 | £250,000 | +19% |
| ME4 | £249,000 | +4% |
Thinking of selling in ME1? Get a rough value first
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in ME1, open the average prices map and zoom from the ME1 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded ME1 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
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About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.